- "Ahoy yacht! This is Captain Jayhawk of the Rebellion privateer Martinette! We mean to take your cargo, but will let you and your vessel go free. Heave and drop your shields or we will fire on you!"
- ―Captain Jayhawk
Jayhawk was a pirate captain, commanding the freighter Martinette. He pretended to be a privateer of the Alliance to Restore the Republic as a mean to obtain a profit.
Biography
Jayhawk was a ruthless pirate and the captain of the Martinette, a modified YT-1300 light freighter with a crew of eight, including himself. Jayhawk promoted the Quarren pirate Mirthen as his second-in-command. Jayhawk commonly pretended to be a privateer with a letter of marque and reprisal from the Alliance to Restore the Republic when raiding an enemy ship. In this guise, Jayhawk successfully robbed and captured several small freighters, stranding their crew in escape pods or on unsettled planets.[2]
Around 0 ABY,[3] Jayhawk visited the planet Abonshee and met with Godking Trisstan of the native Anointed People. Jayhawk again pretended to be a member of the Alliance on a diplomatic mission. However, once he had the trust of Trisstan, Jayhawk stole from the king's treasury and escaped the planet. Soon afterward, Jayhawk and the Martinette attacked a pleasure yacht, the Long Shot. At that point, Jayhawk did not know that the Long Shot was part of the Alliance.[2]
Personality and traits
Jayhawk was a ruthless individual who did not kill people "unnecessarily", but he did abandon the crews of ships he captured without caring if they survived, such as on a backwater planet or in escape pods. Jayhawk promoted Mirthen, a drug-addict pirate, to the position of his second-in-command because Mirthen was unambitious and would not conspire against him, not because of Mirthen's skills. Jayhawk was a thin man who favored black pants, white shirts and red vests. He had a pencil-thin moustache. He commonly carried a blaster pistol and a saber, and he knew how to use both.[2]
Appearances
"Tests of the Godking" — Star Wars Campaign Pack (reprinted in Classic Campaigns) (First appearance)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ Jayhawk's biography in Classic Campaigns states that he is in his early forties during Tests of the Godking, set just after the destruction of the Death Star in 0 ABY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
"Tests of the Godking" — Classic Campaigns
- ↑ "Tests of the Godking" is stated to occur shortly after the Battle of Yavin, which is established to have happened in 0 ABY by The Essential Chronology.